Full Circle Approach
There are no problems caused by democracy
that cannot be solved by more democracy.
– Rudolf Dreikurs, MD
Popular Education coined by Paulo Freire
We draw from Brazilian educational pedagogue, Paolo Freire, who coined and promoted Popular Education through grassroots community organizing. Collaborative & Collegial: Participants support and learn from one another. Questions and answers emerge from and are answered by the learning circle rather than being imposed upon by a higher authority.
Self-Reflective Process
We foster an inquiry into how we transform ourselves, not changing our students, staff, direct reports, and children.
Experiential Learning & Embodied Experience
FCLC relies heavily on participants experiencing what a democratic, inclusive learning community feels and looks like. Participants in a FCLC workshop have a somatic experience of the pedagogy and approach they seek to implement.
FCLC's Wholistic Framework. Diversity, Equity & Inclusion from Human and Ecological Perspectives
Our work emerges from the central question: What kind of leadership is needed to create holistic, healthy, and harmonious relationships in the 21st century? Our work occurs within an ecological and social justice context. Conversations about how we can create communities in which members can bring their whole selves, including all of their identities, to the space. Always in the foundation and inherently present in all our inquiry is the question of ecological sustainability in all decisions we make.
Dr. Alfred Adler & Dr. Rudolf Dreikurs
The work of Alfred Adler MD, Rudolf Dreikurs MD, founders of Individual Psychology, is now integrated worldwide as a foundation for transformational growth. Their work informs how parents and educators can become democratic leaders. We believe that educators, parents, and leaders need education, not pathologizing. Aspiring leaders in the home, school, and organization, can un-learn obsolete traditional autocratic methods. They can learn how to build a collaborative foundation for groups to solve all problems at hand. We refrain from pathologizing people and problems.